When I phoned Witchner this evening I could hardly hear him. He and his roommates were watching American football and having what sounded like a rousing good time. There was lots of laughter in his voice. He sounds perfectly fine and settled in and his roommates sound like they've included him right in. They were kibbitzing on the phone.
Today he got all of his books and he's started reading one of them. He told me something about a grading system with 100 points, but I couldn't make out everything. Perhaps it's the system we're used to, but one that is new to him.
Tomorrow they are moving him to the room next door, something about freshmen (a new word for him, I'm sure) being placed together, and guys with good grades being put in the same room because they're allowed to stay up later. (??) There's a 10:30 lights out rule. At this point, I sound more confused than him. He seems to understand the system. I think someone is taking him shopping or on a tour of the area tomorrow so that he'll know what he has access to. It's too bad he doesn't have a digital camera; I'm sure the photos would be interesting.
When he returns on March 1st, I'm going to have to give him blog lessons again so that he can contribute to this.
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